Fastener foe neckties



(No Model.\

W. A. BUNN. FASTENER- FOR NECKTIBS- No. 584982. Patented June 22, 1897.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC \VILLIAM A. BUNN, OF -WVINNIPEG, CANADA.

FASTENER FO R NECKTIES.

SPEGIFICATION'fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 584,982, dated June 22, 1897.

Application filed June 4,1896. Serial No. 594,284. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ALEXANDER BUNN, of Winnipeg, Selkirk county, Manitoba, Canada, have invented a new and Improved Fastener for Neckties and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved fastener for neckties and other articles, and which is simple and durable in construction, readily placed in position on the article, and arranged to conveniently connect with the collar-button or other part on which the article is to be suspended.

The invention consists principally of a pair of pins extending in opposite directions, spring-arms carrying the said pins, and a ring for engagement with the shank of the collarbutton or other part on which the article is to be. suspended, the said ring being a continuation of the said spring-arms.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is also to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a rear face view of the improvement as applied on the necktie. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the improvement; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are like views of modified forms of the improvement.

The improved fastenerillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is formed with the pins A and A, extending horizontally in opposite directions and with their heels A and A respectively, interlocked, the heels terminating in springarms A and A respectively, extending in opposite directions to their respective pins and terminating in a ring A adapted to engage the shank of the collar-button or other device on which the article is to be suspended.

Now when it is desired to apply the fastener on a necktie B, for. instance, as shown in Fig. 1, then the operator takes hold of the side arms A and A with the thumb and torefinger and presses the said side arms toward each other to bring the points of the pins A and A close to each other at the back of the necktie B. When the operator now releases the pressure on the said side arms, then the latter spring outward and move the pins A and A in o osite directions and in en a ement with the back of the necktie to securely fasten the device to the back of the necktie. When this has been done, then the operator can conveniently engage the ring A with the shank of the collar-button, the latter being preferably formed with a separable head of any approved construction. hen the ring is in engagement with the shank, then the head is again put in position and the necktie is properly suspended on the collar.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the operator is at liberty to engage the pins A and A at any desired point at the back of the necktie to hold the latter high or low on the collar, as desired.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the heels A and A do not interlock, and the pins rest with their points one alongside the other, but otherwise the construction and operation are the same as above described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the shape of the ring A is somewhat difierent from that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and in the modified form shown in Fig. 5 the springarms A and A form a large ring With the ring A at the lower end thereof.

It is evident that various forms can be given to the pins, the spring-arms, and the ring, and consequently I do not limit myself to any of the forms shown, as the same can be varied.

The device also shown in connection with the necktie can beused on numerous articles for instance, on suspenders and badges; also for fastening jewels to regalias, bouquet-holders, (in place of pins,) window-blind pulls, curtain-rings for veranda-curtains, hooks and eyes, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A fastener formed of alength of springwire, the terminals of which are pointed to form two pins, each having a bend at its heel, and the bends being interlocked and normally engaged with each other by the pressure of the spring-wire, the intermediate portion of the Wire being bent to form two arms with which the pins are respectively adjacent, and also to form a loop, substantially as described.

2. A fastening device consisting of a length of wire, an intermediate portion of which is bent to form a button-engaging part and the terminals of which are pointed to form pins, each terminal being bent so that the terminals will run approximatelyin alinement with each other, the terminal being pointed oppositely TO and the terminals being crossed by each other so that When pushed apart the bends in the terminals Will engage With each other, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM A. BUNN. lVitnesses:

J. W. MORLEY, ALFRED M. GOSSEL. 

